St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-17
PEMBIHk COUNTY.
A Pen Picture of Pembina County and
Its Towns.
GOLDEN EGG WAITING
For Every Farmer or Mechanic Who
Locates Within the County Line
of Pembina.

Pembina is one of the counties that
lies in the extreme northern tier. and
enjoys by reason thereof many advan-
tageS unknown to those in the south.
The commercial relations with the
province of Manitoba on the north are
most happy and productive of consider
able benefit 10 each. The county Of
Pembina as now constituted has an area
of about S00.000 acres. of which fully
200.G00 acres have been under cultivation
during the past season. From all re-
ports. 100000 bushels of wheat have
been raised in this county during tire
past season-tWenty-five bushels per
acre on the average would be 10 eXag-
geratiOn in the estimate. Every eleya-
tor in Pembina county is choked with
grain and hundreds of wagons of grain
are daily refused st. Thomas, Bathgate
and other places. st. Thomas having an
elevator capacity of only 400,G bushels
has received and shipped away
100000 bushels of wheat. Still the
glut continues, and it is impossible for
the elevators to secure sufficient trans
pOTtatiOn facilities TO be able to carry
out the grain that is continually pouring
into their bins. The yield of barley
and oats has been very large throughout
the county. Pembina county stands on
solid financial footing. There ale no
outstanding county warrants or county
orders that remain unpaid. A bonded
Indebtedness of 100000 not yet matpred
constitutes the sole Indebtedness of
Pembina county. The total value of
personal property exceeds Sl,000,000.
The last two assessments add
ing over Ss00,OUO to the
chattel wealth of the county,
and far greater increase in the coming
assessment of personal property can be
expected, on account of the material
increase of wealth among the agricul-
tural classes. The railro; d facilities in
Pembina county are quite ample. The
st. Paul IL Manitoba railroad and the
Northern Pacific, with a terminus at
Pembina, are the principal highways of
travel and traffic. The Northern Pa
ciiic railroad recently built to the Mani
toba border is an extension of the main
line of the road from HaWley, MINI.
The entry of the Northern Pacific into
Pembina county has been a great god
send" TO the farmers in the vicinity of
that railroad. Fully $4,000 acres of COM
paratiyely worthless and unproductive
lands will be brought under proper
drainage and tillage in the course of an
other season. Already many transfers
have been recorded and improvements
commenced. In fact. healthy real es-
tate activity has prevailed since harvest
began, fully 500 or 600 transfers of land
having been made during the past few
months. Deputy Register of Deeds
Quackenbush fairly groans under the
great and continually increasing office
duties. The many prosperous towns
and villages in this county are enjoying
healthy and an uninterrupted stream
of business prosperity and sue
cess. The city of Pembina, the
county seat and capital of the county,
is one of the oldest towns in the terri
tory. From the days of Henry Suits
man and Henry Rolette to the present
time Pembina has ever remained cen
ter of more than ordinary interest and
historical prestige. Pembina is city
and contains a resident and floating
population of fully ] 500 people, and her
continuous progress seems assured.
Pembina counts among her citi-
Zens many prosperous and en-
ergetic business men. l.. E..
Booker, j. G. Webb, S. and c. ChOrlton,
j. w. Winchester and many others have
done much to promote the material
wealth and rise of this city. A large
steam Touring mill is one of Pembina's
principal industries. A large brewery
near the city limits is also another prom